Abstract
Modern educational technologies are based on competence approach and focus on the future professional activity. Case study is one of the most significant technologies in modern higher education. The basic concepts used in the case study method are a “situation” and an “analysis”, as well as their derivative - “analysis of the situation”. The case study method of is one of the best tools for gaining experience, as it investigates practical situations that occur in managerial job. It combines theoretical knowledge with the analysis of the actual practical experience in accordance with a major. Doing case studies students read the description of the situation and offer divergent projects of managerial decisions that could be used by real managers dealing with the problem posed by the case study author. Answers to the questions posed in the case description are not given, as a rule, since the main purpose in the case analysis is to organize a discussion in the classroom or provoke speculations of those who do the self-study.
Highlights
A significant education quality increase is one of the priorities for the Russian Federation
Modern educational technologies are built on a competent approach and focused on the future professional activity
The main objectives of the students in doing case studies are as follows: a) to read the description of the situation; b) to offer divergent projects of managerial decisions that could be used by real managers dealing with the problem posed by the case study author
Summary
A significant education quality increase is one of the priorities for the Russian Federation. The universities of the country have been working on the introduction of new teaching methods. This is due to the emergence of new management disciplines, teaching of which requires new methods application. Modern educational technologies are built on a competent approach and focused on the future professional activity. A case study is among the most significant methods for modern higher education. Case studies are designed to gain knowledge on subjects in which truth is pluralistic. Case study method could include the study of one or several cases [2]
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